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American F-15 fighter plane crashes into the sea off Okinawa

Pilot rescued by a Japan Air Self-Defense Force helicopter

An American USAF (United States Air Force) 18th Wing F-15 fighter plane crashed into the sea off the Okinawa Japanese island today at 6:25 am (local time) during a training flight.According to what the Japanese press agency "Kyodo" reported, the incident that involved the fighter plane taken off from the Kadena Air Base would have occurred, due to a technical malfunction, 80 kms south of Okinawa (other...

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Okinawa, Japan, 06/11/2018 07:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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